Back-band for harness



I. JOHNSON.

BACK BAND FOR HARNESS.

Patented Jan. 18, 1887.

(No M od'el.)

INVENTOR 59 M BY A g ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IKE JOHNSON, OF HONEY GROVE, TEXAS.

BACK-BAND FOR HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,250, dated January 18, 1887.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IKE JoHNsoN, of Honey Grove, in the county of Fannin and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Back-Band for Harness, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to back-bands for that class of harness wherein chains are used for traces; and myinvention consists, principally, in providing the back-band at its ends with metal loops through which the traces pass to protect the leather of the back-band from wear.

The invention also consists in connecting snap-hoops to the metal end pieces by means of metal loops, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my new and improved back-band, a portion oft-he leather covering of the metal trace-loop being broken away. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the backband, and Fig. 3 shows the form of the blank for the metal loops.

A represents the back-band proper, composed of a broad piece of leather of suitable length to pass over-the back" of a horse or mule. To each end of the bandA is attached, by rivets a a, or otherwise, a metal plate, B. These plates may be made of sheet'metal or of cast or wrought iron. It made of sheet metal, a blank of the form shown in Fig. 3 will first be stamped out. This blank is formed with a T-head, d, at one end. The plate portion (1 of the blank is folded upon itself to form the loop f for the trace, the end of the plate portion d being held by the rivets a a.

(Shown in Fig. 1.) To prevent the plates B from chafing the horse, I cover them with leather strips which are, by preference, tongues formed at the ends of the back-band.

O 0 represent snap-hooks attached to the ends of the back-band and to the plates B by means of the metal loops hit, held to the backband and plates by the same rivet a that connectstheplatesBtotheback-band. Themetal loops h are covered with leather strips h, to prevent chafing and to improve the appearance of the back-band.

By constructing the backhand as described it will be seen that the metal loopsf take the wear of the traces and preserve the leather of the back-band, and that the metal loops which hold the snap-hooks take the wear ,of the hooks, so that the durability of the back-band is greatly increased, and by the use of the snap-hooks the back-band is made much more convenient than the ordinary back-band of this character.

To prevent chafing,I secure the straps M to the inner surface of the back-band and extend them below the snap-hooks, as shown clearly in Fig. 2.

IKE JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

XV. H. GROSS, J. U. OWEN. 

